2012 in a nutshell

Before I leave, I have compiled the list of winners (and losers) for this year. It will be a good indicator as who performed the best (and the worst) throughout this year.

January:

Brisbane:
Winner: Kaia Kanepi
Wooden spoon: Anastasiya Yakimova
Auckland:
Winner: Zheng Jie
Wooden spoon: Jelena Dokic
Sydney:
Winner: Victoria Azarenka
Wooden spoon: Samantha Stosur
Hobart:
Winner: Mona Barthel
Wooden spoon: Heather Watson
Melbourne:
Winner: Victoria Azarenka
Wooden spoon: Anna Chakvetadze

February:

Paris:
Winner: Angelique Kerber
Wooden spoon: Alberta Brianti
Pattaya:
Winner: Daniela Hantuchova
Wooden spoon: Laura Robson
Doha:
Winner: Victoria Azarenka
Wooden spoon: Zheng Jie
Bogota:
Winner: Lara Arruabarena-Vecino
Wooden spoon: Mathilde Johansson
Memphis:
Winner: Sofia Arvidsson
Wooden spoon: Nadia Petrova
Dubai:
Winner: Agnieszka Radwanska
Wooden spoon: Monica Niculescu
Monterrey:
Winner: Timea Babos
Wooden spoon: Coco Vandeweghe
Acapulco:
Winner: Sara Errani
Wooden spoon: Patricia Mayr-Achleitner
Kuala Lumpur:
Winner: Hsieh Su-Wei
Wooden spoon: Olga Puchkova

March:

Indian Wells:
Winner: Victoria Azarenka
Wooden spoon: Shahar Peer
Miami:
Winner: Agnieszka Radwanska
Wooden spoon: Anabel Medina-Garrigues

April:

Charleston:
Winner: Serena Williams
Wooden spoon: Alla Kudryavtseva
Barcelona:
Winner: Sara Errani
Wooden spoon: Barbora Strycova-Zahlavova
Copenhagen:
Winner: Angelique Kerber
Wooden spoon: Valeria Savinykh
Stuttgart:
Winner: Maria Sharapova
Wooden spoon: Dominika Cibulkova
Fes:
Winner: Angelique Kerber
Wooden spoon: Arina Rodionova
Estoril:
Winner: Kaia Kanepi
Wooden spoon: Ekaterina Makarova
Budapest:
Winner: Sara Errani
Wooden spoon: Anne Keothavong

May:

Madrid:
Winner: Serena Williams
Wooden spoon: Marion Bartoli
Rome:
Winner: Maria Sharapova
Wooden spoon: Agnieszka Radwanska
Brussels:
Winner: Agnieszka Radwanska
Wooden spoon: Marion Bartoli
Strasbourg:
Winner: Francesca Schiavone
Wooden spoon: Mandy Minella
Roland Garros:
Winner: Maria Sharapova
Wooden spoon: Alize Cornet

June:

Birmingham:
Winner: Melanie Oudin
Wooden spoon: Chang Kai-Chen
Bad Gastein:
Winner: Alize Cornet
Wooden spoon: Nina Bratchikova
's Hertogenbosch:
Winner: Nadia Petrova
Wooden spoon: Iveta Benesova
Eastbourne:
Winner: Tamira Paszek
Wooden spoon: Caroline Wozniacki
Wimbledon:
Winner: Serena Williams
Wooden spoon: Monica Niculescu

July:

Stanford:
Winner: Serena Williams
Wooden spoon: Anne Keothavong
Palermo:
Winner: Sara Errani
Wooden spoon: Dia Evtimova
Carlsbad:
Winner: Dominika Cibulkova
Wooden spoon: Sesil Karatantcheva
Bastad:
Winner: Polona Hercog
Wooden spoon: Sandra Roma
Baku:
Winner: Bojana Jovanovski
Wooden spoon: Caroline Garcia
London Olympics:
Winner: Serena Williams
Wooden spoon: Marina Erakovic
Washington:
Winner: Magdalena Rybarikova
Wooden spoon: Melanie Oudin

August:

Montreal:
Winner: Petra Kvitova
Wooden spoon: Urszula Radwanska
Cincinnati:
Winner: Li Na
Wooden spoon: Kiki Bertens
New Haven:
Winner: Petra Kvitova
Wooden spoon: Timea Babos
Dallas:
Winner: Roberta Vinci
Wooden spoon: Galina Voskoboeva
New York:
Winner: Serena Williams
Wooden spoon: Julia Glushko

September:

Tashkent:
Winner: Irina-Camelia Begu
Wooden spoon: Vlada Ekshibarova
Quebec City:
Winner: Kirsten Flipkens
Wooden spoon: Elena Vesnina
Seoul:
Winner: Caroline Wozniacki
Wooden spoon: Maria Kirilenko
Guangzhou:
Winner: Hsieh Su-Wei
Wooden spoon: Zarina Diyas
Tokyo:
Winner: Nadia Petrova
Wooden spoon: Alize Cornet
Beijing:
Winner: Victoria Azarenka
Wooden spoon: Kimiko Date-Krumm

Most titles:

Serena Williams (6), Victoria Azarenka (5), Sara Errani (4), Maria Sharapova (3), Agnieszka Radwanska (3)

Worst player:

Anne Keothavong (2), Alize Cornet (2), Marion Bartoli (2)